They just showed I-75 on tv. The traffic hasn't moved in 12 hours. Crazy.

It's just a matter of what you're used to. Being from Upstate New York, I can laugh at their problems but at the same time appreciate that they have no idea what to do.

People probably don't have proper driving skills for any snowy weather. It takes many winters before you gain the necessary "touch" to drive on slippery streets. That may be nothing more than adjusting your speed down.

(01-29-2014 08:59 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  It's just a matter of what you're used to. Being from Upstate New York, I can laugh at their problems but at the same time appreciate that they have no idea what to do.

People probably don't have proper driving skills for any snowy weather. It takes many winters before you gain the necessary "touch" to drive on slippery streets. That may be nothing more than adjusting your speed down.

They don't have plows either.

Here's what you do. It may sound complicated but we've been doing it up North for awhile. You can follow what we have done for decades as an example. Like a blueprint. You tax the populace for a couple of trucks. You buy a big metal thing you put on the front of the truck called a plow. You move the three inches of snow off the road with the metal contraption. You can then go from road to road safely.

I have friends that left work around 4-5 yesterday and are still in there cars on the freeway.

(01-29-2014 09:00 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(01-29-2014 08:59 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  It's just a matter of what you're used to. Being from Upstate New York, I can laugh at their problems but at the same time appreciate that they have no idea what to do.

People probably don't have proper driving skills for any snowy weather. It takes many winters before you gain the necessary "touch" to drive on slippery streets. That may be nothing more than adjusting your speed down.

They don't have plows either.

Or salt.

I feel like I'm losing the southerner in me... had a bunch of friends and family on Facebook talking about a little bit of snow in Mississippi and I'm like.. .So? Just drive through it and over the ice; what's the problem?

(01-29-2014 09:06 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Here's what you do. It may sound complicated but we've been doing it up North for awhile. You can follow what we have done for decades as an example. Like a blueprint. You tax the populace for a couple of trucks. You buy a big metal thing you put on the front of the truck called a plow. You move the three inches of snow off the road with the metal contraption. You can then go from road to road safely.

So that's feasible for an area that gets snow once every 10 years?

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-ne...t/22639719

(01-29-2014 09:18 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  I feel like I'm losing the southerner in me... had a bunch of friends and family on Facebook talking about a little bit of snow in Mississippi and I'm like.. .So? Just drive through it and over the ice; what's the problem?

You're like me... They freak out over it, but it's because they don't know how to drive in it.. I had a friend when it snowed a few years back wreck because she didn't give herself enough time to leave and to drive slowly and carefully.. Basically she left at this time everday and drove this fast so she should be able to do so with ice on the road.

It is just as bad anywhere that gets hit just before rush hour. Took me 3 hours to get 5 miles in Philly one time.

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(01-29-2014 09:14 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(01-29-2014 09:00 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(01-29-2014 08:59 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  It's just a matter of what you're used to. Being from Upstate New York, I can laugh at their problems but at the same time appreciate that they have no idea what to do.

People probably don't have proper driving skills for any snowy weather. It takes many winters before you gain the necessary "touch" to drive on slippery streets. That may be nothing more than adjusting your speed down.

They don't have plows either.

Or salt.

Depends on the temperatures. Salt doesn't work below 20 degrees but I don't think that the temps in Atlanta got that low. Generally the trucks that plow also spread salt (or sand). But does a town like Atlanta spend tens of millions to buy trucks that might be used 2 or 3 times a decade. And buying a couple of trucks wouldn't do it since they wouldn't be able to cover the road miles. Therefore they'd need 200-300 trucks to do the job in a timely manner.

Bottom line, as a famous mayor of Buffalo once said during a particular heavy snow storm, "go home, buy a six pack of beer, and watch a good football game."

It's called taxes which the south abhors. I remember that all pro linebacker dying a couple of years back due to bad roads in Atlanta. You guys realize the economic impact of shutting down a city for two days?

Don’t need snow to create traffic in Atlanta.

With that said... cold in Atlanta takes less lives than heat in Chicago.

Amateurs.

(01-29-2014 10:14 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It's called taxes which the south abhors. I remember that all pro linebacker dying a couple of years back due to bad roads in Atlanta. You guys realize the economic impact of shutting down a city for two days?

Knows nothing of situation, yet posts anyway.

(01-29-2014 10:20 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Amateurs.

I was in Montreal once during a good sized snowstorm. I was impressed.

ATL, like most cities in the South, has none of the necessary tools to deal with snow or ice.

I saw public school buses/drivers doing inclement weather training on a frozen lake in the Rockies.

Good for them, but I’m glad I don’t live in an area where that is advantageous.

(01-29-2014 09:06 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Here's what you do. It may sound complicated but we've been doing it up North for awhile. You can follow what we have done for decades as an example. Like a blueprint. You tax the populace for a couple of trucks. You buy a big metal thing you put on the front of the truck called a plow. You move the three inches of snow off the road with the metal contraption. You can then go from road to road safely.

Right for a once in a century snow storm lets buy some plows!

This is Atlanta do you have and idea how many plows you would need to make a difference in this area? It would be a terrible investment of other peoples money to buy snow plows for Atlanta... It would be like buying a tugboat for Denver...

Jimmy Griffin, God rest his soul, had the solution for situations like this nailed in the 80's..

When Buffalo was getting buried under an epic snow storm he closed the city. When question on what people should do when the storm was starting he said..

"go home, buy a six pack of beer, and watch a good football game."